Welcome to the Drawing Room
The topic for today is
Thoughts and Things

A wise man changes his mind;
a fool never.

Better three hours too soon
than a minute too late.
~William Shakespeare~

He who loses money, loses much;
he who loses a friend, loses more;

We can do anything we want to
do if we stick to it long enough.
~Helen Keller~

Many complain of their memory,
few of their judgement.

Luck is what happens when
preparation meets opportunity.
~Elmer Letterman~

Great wealth makes us neither
more wise nor more healthy.

The most utterly lost of all days,
is that in which you have not once laughed.
~Sebastian Roch Chamfort~

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere
possession that makes for happiness
~Michel DeMontaigne~

Life has a way of overcoming its achievements
as well as its ruins.
~Edith Wharton~

Neither speak well or ill of yourself.
If well, men will not believe you; if ill,
they will believe a great deal
more than you say.

Never give up on anybody
~Hubert H. Humphrey~

Wisdom is a good purchase,
though we pay dearly for it.

Most people tend to drive into the future
with their eyes on the rearview mirror.
~Marshall McLuhan~

Memory tempers prosperity,
consoles adversity,
cautions youth,
and delights old age.

The task of the leader
is to get his people
from where they are
to where they have not been
~Henry Kissinger~

First deserve, then desire.

You can't have everything. br Where would you put it?
~Steve Wright~

Life's trials may be hard to bear,
but patience can outlive them.

Genius is eternal patience.
~Michelangelo~

Gratitude takes three forms;
a feeling in the heart,
an expression in words,
and giving in return.

High expectations are the key to everything.
~Sam Walton~

There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation,
hard work, learning from failure.
~Gen. Colin Powell~

To a young heart everything is fun.
~Charles Dickens~

How few there are who have courage
enough to admit their faults or
resolution enough to mend them!

Ability will never catch up
with the demand for it.

Even ill luck is good for
something in a wise man's hand.

It is our responsibilities,
not ourselves,
that we should take seriously.
~Peter Ustinov~

Words may show a man's wit,
but actions show his meaning.

One of the nice things
about problems is that a good many
of them do not exist except
in our imaginations.
~Steve Allen~

Promises may get friends, but it is
performace that keeps them.

There are no riches above a sound body,
and no joy above the joy of the heart.

Genius is eternal patience.
~Michealangelo

A gem is not polished without rubbing,
nor a man perfected without trials.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.
~Thomas Paine

Fate leads the willing,
but drives the stubborn.

Don't look back in anger or ahead in fear,
but around you with awareness.
~James Thurber

An open foe may prove a curse;
but a pretend friend is even worse.

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is
simply calisthenics with words.br>~Dorothy Parker

The heart of a fool is in his mouth,
but the mouth of a wise man is
in his heart.

Fortune lost, nothing lost;
courage lost, much lost;
honor lost, more lost;
soul lost, ALL LOST!

If you have one true friend, you
have more than your share.
~Thomas Fuller

Patience is a tree whose root is bitter
but its fruit is very sweet.

Failure is not falling down,
but staying down!

Treat people as if they were what they
ought to be, and you will help them become
what they are capable of being.
~Johann W. von Goether

on what you are going to do.
~Henry Ford